Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-13
Just the same. frequently am obliged

the C0mm1a notion that circus perform j
ers break down carly and die Young.
"ADn1her trick that is more snowy {
than flicult u the srdGen GrOD, il which J
one performer sips head down ward pA~t
the o.htr and ca cbeS his body with his /
les or i caught by tie ankles WGen il
IS doIe deliberately, . m0Ss Ct them 10 II
i, there is nothing l9rd SPOUT Il. When
done very q9icsIg, however, thero i,
some chance o. Z miss. ANA rGrs cSn
learn It with comparatively li-I.e prdC-
tice. Such acS IS the tyIu- leap, now
ever, are not tpiba recommended fur gym-
nasts who s!e not Obliged 70 81 ,le.r
living By riskIUg their lives.
The horizontal bar t # RS more Op-
pOrtunities than the trap,Zs for the 1us-
teur or 4ymra>t 20 disIiului.l GI- set /
Two partoers, usjpg 9 PAIR q bars, Cln .
give q very pretty exhibition Wi,aous D3- /
ing really artistic performers. Il is Ike |
swinging the clubs. A few simple move /
ments can be combined to mSSe i Devil |
deTing and apparently complicated move /
ment. The 2jsGt swing, which IS W1irl I
ing around the bar q full length like the |
spoke around the hub, is veTT easy
The turn and hsli from the /,
jail 47AuibS Va yOuA Atg.J S4oO -
easy. Let two men get on
the same bar end combine these move I
uents and they can make g great SHOW. .
\ trick on the bSr Inst made quite q SEN
sstion in Epg,and when !. was first shown
there by Oh American consists il letting
90 one bar while in full swing, striking
the Other bar with the soles OF the feet
aud greSpjrg j. with the hsrCs Ct the
same Instant. /. Is Y-ry { Give, bu, G
msn Who IS pretty .im5er
and fc.tyc can do il vitEcu.
IS much trouble as one would think. IL
! ne gets Swing enough 10 reach tn bar
with his .e,t, the RESI- is simple, proyid-
i-g al%Gys that he is acCura.e 10 Ms
movements.
Chewing the bsr at The end of the
sVicg, III .iog h-II round in q. cir so -
90 fac II ara catching il again IS SIS ea-g
IS lying. ANY body en- Do it. Bu- mah
NJ t~O rirauec.ee in tns sir, cs'cl.1i,
TIE car and continuing th9 swing 10 = dIi.
iereAt sfflir. I have seen ont ore ma
! Who cGn SO Thar sad rot r9i-- che roFthm
! # ,fu 4: vim Several csu MIKE tlt pi-
/ rJuetres, bat ln,y get out OF time aud
lTeIE Tie pendulum movement.
! &! you do0'L t1'nk This re-
! qlirt- practice, Just Jump straight Up IN
&c air, tara CON- tarlY around lie q
/ Top. and CGu' down fac ~ TIE same WSy
Is when YOU jun0ed. THu try % turu
Ground twlc., =ui see Il yen ko0~ 2g.cl
way you are t3CiHG Nhen you com" down
] 80 do this from IN oaT aud resume TIE
swing III perfect time il an artistic piece
q work, sud it i effective "a sn exlioi-
| uo1 fe&, sls2. Tna oaauy Of it can be
appreciated by everybody.
''TGe strong men perform fea's some
times that look Won ieriul, but pend
upon some little trick or deception. Il
locks ike & tremendous tbiaE when 8
nan lies with the back Of his head on
one support and his heels on a1other,
making . bridge Of himself, holds BLOCK
OF stone on his a6tCueI and les Gn0thcr
man crack the stoG= with the 5l0w Of y
sleGgehsmmer. Ole would suppose
that the blow Of the hsmmer
would OIeSk the man in two Toa
faCt is, however. tEc1 II he Is gtrocG
enough 10 support tbe s.OLe Re sCsuai y
does not feel the blow, I! tae stone was
about the same weight SIS the hammer
the blow would Kill the man. Tne 1=sv
ier the stone, the less the sblOw is felt.
, Iadced, when the hammer strikes, there
is q reaction thGt actually seems 70 Lift
the stone or anvil and relieve the pres
sure. II the stone were not there 1t is
clear that much lighter blow would
CraaE the man down.
! "SOrle Of these strong men have made
sens ton lstelY, By pulling sgainst g
, .cam Of horses, o. they call it. The man
les CT full leug 4, face downward on
5 : heavy and sOlidly built ladder that Is
pIsced horizontally and fixed so that It
= cannot be moved endWise. He has ? har-
. uess tl5t draws over his shoulders and is
. attached to : rope running through rig
L a the back of his belt and through some
. Find Of G grinding hole or pully re&r HE
= tt or III line with them. 10 TIE other
J end Of the rope the horses are sttsched
= Steady pulling horses arc desirable, be
!, c4uae quick Jerks are uncomfortable tC
4 the men The fest is to resist the effort.
= Of the horses to pull him from the ladder
= the Inan bracing with his feet against on,
u ruuud and holding with MS hands
a 10 another. Because mal
4 does this, it does not fellow
t, that he is stronger than team o
B, Gorse2, aIthough that is what the per
Q former pretends to demonstrate. Tn
e secret lies in keeping the body and limb
, in the line OF the pull just the same 8
0 fitting crest weights in harness. yer
/ strongly-OuiIt man can hold that way o,
II q ladder considerable more than he ca
d lift, because his limbs are straight at tn
}, start, and there is no leverage for tn
n Joints to overcome.
le "Anot1er ray OF holding team is t
Il sit On g platform with tn feet brace
1t against BOARD in front aud the harnes
around the loins, the rope pGssin
ID through hole in the plank just betwee
ID the feet. a very strong EDglishmar
Il named Thompson, tried that once, Or
le did not understand the science OF il, an
o relied ca MS great muscular power. II
t, allowed RS knees to berd snd was haule
it Up sg=iUst the plank very forcibIY. H
iLnJ1auce caused MIN smashed kEee.
j. "But au these feat5 are outside tn
Is line OF gymnssts. For good gymnssti
ri exercise the rings sre preferable to II
Cf trapeze and bar. The varie'y gof fsst
- That eau be performed on them is alpho:
le inexhaustiole, and the performer can fin
p. scope for the highest skill or contei
: himself with comparatively easy trick!
81 They are Il no value in SHOW
at 0r al best OF very little value.
sc nave a brother who is probabiY :
ly good q ring gynDast as Can be found az.
9y where, bu. he Can barely make living
10 ire work in London TIE reason iAfhl